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There's a jolting revelation midway through this high-wire act from Irish director Neil Jordan. Keeping the secret limits a detailed discussion, but the film concerns the kidnapping of a British soldier, Jody (Forest Whitaker), by IRA cohorts and lovers Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Fergus (Stephen Rea). Fergus is the soft one; he grants Jody's dying wish by, visiting a London hairdresser named Dil (Jaye Davidson), the "wee black chick" Jody loved.

In London, Fergus…